Living with Dementia

Living with Alzheimer's or a related dementia can be a challenging journey for everyone involved. This section of our website provides information and practical steps to help you and your family to live well with dementia.

Creating Change

Change needs to happen if Ireland is to be a country where people on the journey of dementia are valued and supported. Change in political will, change in political leadership and change in national policy. At The ASI we work towards creating this change through political campaigning and by raising awareness in the media. We do this by promoting the voice of people with dementia and their carers and by building a body of evidence through research, policy papers and collaborations.

Dementia Adviser

Our Dementia Advisers work with people with dementia, their families and carers to provide a highly responsive and individualised information and signposting service.

Our Dementia Advisers work with people with dementia, their families and carers to provide a highly responsive and individualised information and signposting service.

Our local Dementia Adviser will work with you to:

provide information and advice throughout your journey with dementia,

help connect you with dementia supports and services,

help connect you with local groups and services and,

help your community to be more dementia friendly.

In 2017, ASI carried out a client survey to understand peoples experience with the dementia adviser service and the impact it had for them and their family. This will in turn help us to deliver the best possible service and to advocate for more dementia advisers in Ireland. You can read the results of the survey here

If there is no Dementia Adviser in your area our Helpline Advisers are available to help people living anywhere in Ireland. Our Helpline Advisers will work with you to help meet your information and support needs and help you to contact local supports and services in your community. Read more about this service by clicking here